M.S. Nelson

M.S. married R.M. Letcher [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. S.C. Nelson
2. C.J. Nelson

G.H. married D.G. Schultz [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 48
• Reference Number: M1
• Residence: Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 1944, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Notes:

Occupation:
where they owned and operated a dairy farm and in 1946 they moved to Stettler, AB where they owned and operated a cafe/grocery store & butcher shop.

Edward married Martha Helen Olhausen on 31 Oct 1934 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Martha (daughter of Heinrich 'Henry' Ohlhausen and Mathilda 'Matilda' Mayer) was born on 01 Jan 1916 in Irvine, Alberta, Canada; died on 03 Mar 1987 in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 09 Mar 1987 in Glenwood Memorial Gardens, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Martha Schultz
• Reference Number: 97
• Reference Number: M1
• Residence: Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 1944, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
• Occupation: 1962, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Occupation:
where they owned and operated a dairy farm and in 1946 they moved to Stettler, AB where they owned and operated a cafe/grocery store & butcher shop.

Occupation:
where Ed worked at the University Hospital and Martha at the Co-Op store and boarded medical students in her home.

Notes:

Married:
and at that time were farming at Bruderheim, AB

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Henry Olhausen
• Reference Number: 322
• Reference Number: M1
• Immigration: 1904, Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany
• Immigration: Abt 1912, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 1915, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Naturalization: 03 Jul 1928, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 1944, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Notes:

moved with his parents ||where he spent his earlier life

Birth:
and was baptized on the 5th of February.

Name:
Reuben confirmed that his father legally changed his last name to "Olhausen", because he lived very close to his cousin Henry H. Ohlhausen and their mail was continually being mixed up. Wayne Fuller's grandfather Henry H Ohlhausen told him that he added an "H" between his first and second names because there was another Henry Ohlhausen living very close and their mail was always mixed up. This explains why this branch of the family has the spelling 'Olhausen'.

Immigration:
Role: Witness

Immigration:
likely because he had 2 uncles farming south east of Medicine Hat at Irvine, AB.

Occupation:
bought the Daniel Gill homestead south of Irvine || and this farm was about 1 mile south of the Wilhelm Ohlhausen homestead, which was taken over by his son Henry H. Ohlhausen in 1917.

Naturalization:
It was interesting to find that he used the spelling 'Ohlhausen' on his naturalization papers dated

Occupation:
they sold the farm south of Irvine and bought a dairy farmer near || and then in 1947 he bought a 400 acre ranch in Nevis, AB and ran 100 head of cattle.

Heinrich married Mathilda 'Matilda' Mayer on 28 Feb 1913 in Newburg, Alberta, Canada. Mathilda (daughter of Ludwig Mayer and Maria Bischel) was born on 03 May 1895 in Bessarabia, Russia; died on 15 Jul 1981 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 18 Jul 1981 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mathilda Ohlhausen
• Reference Number: 323
• Reference Number: M1
• Immigration: Apr 1899, Irvine, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Immigration:
landing first in New York and traveling through S. Dakota.

Notes:

Married:
and we know that in 1914 he worked for the Ogilvie Flour Mill in Medicne Hat for $2.25 per day.